Hot Topics – 12/14/2015

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Laboratory to Pay $8.5 Million in False Claims Settlement: Wisconsin companies Pharmasan Labs, Inc. and NeuroScience, Inc. have agreed to an $8.5 million settlement following allegations under the False Claims Act. Pharmasan allegedly submitted false claims to Medicare for laboratory services including those referred by non-physicians for almost five years. Pharmasan and NeuroScience are also to enter into a Corporate Integrity Agreement which will require them in part to implement a compliance program. For more information, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwi/pr/osceola-laboratory-agrees-pay-85-million-resolve-false-billing-case